melissa: i'm melissa francis and here's what's "money" tonight. are no state income taxes the next big thing? feels like it. nebraska is the latest to consider ditching them for good. but unlike other recent proposals nebraska governor dave heineman says he is not going to raise other taxes to make up for it. hmmm. he will join us to explain just how that could possibly work coming up. plus, an offer from the islamic militants holding two americans hostage in algeria. they will release them in exchange for two convicted terrorists currently in u.s. prisons. could attacks like this against oil and gas facilities become a new tactic in the war against

terror? we'll hear from today's power panel. we're shelling out big bucks for purell, flu shots, respiratory masks, tamiflu like there is no tomorrow and people are still getting sick in record numbers. drug companies may be profiting. are we just wasting our money? we'll get to the bottom line. even when they say it's not it is always about money. melissa: all right. first today's market moment. a slate of strong corporate earnings fav a modest boost to stocks. the s&p 500 and the dow climbed to five-year highs. blue-chips rose 53 points. morgan stanley was one of the day's top performers. it posted a big beat on fourth quarter earnings estimates, led by soaring revenues from its investment banking and trading units. shares hit their highest price since august of 2011. rising investor optimism

sucked the wind out of the vix, also known as the fear index. it hit its lowest level since june 1st of 2007. all right we kick off today's show with a bold idea from nebraska's governor dave heineman. he wants to completely eliminate both the corporate and individual income taxes in his state. he is not the first person to ever suggest this of course. but here's why it is different. he thinks he can do it without raising other tax rates. joining me now, the man with the plan, governor dave heineman. great to have you back on the show. governor, thanks for joining us. >> i'm delighted to be with you this afternoon. it is about the money. melissa: it is about the money, that's right. so why do you want to do this and how do you think you can get it done? >> well, we want to do it because we want to create more jobs in nebraska. we want to create higher paying careers. in order to be more competitive, you need to eliminate the individual income tax and the corporate tax. and we do it by repealing sales tax exemptions that we have granted over the years. many may have been well-intended but if we can

eliminate about $2.4 billion of them, about half of what we have granted, then we can eliminate the individual income tax and corporate tax. melissa: let's drill down on the math on that because you know i always get hung up on the math. you get 54.8% of your state revenue from the state income tax. so that is a lot of, i mean you're giving up more than half of your revenue. would closing sales tax exemption make up for that? and what does that mean? what are some examples? >> well, like you said, about $2.4 billion of our revenue comes from the income tax, corporate and individually. we want to eliminate about $2.4 billion of various sales tax exemptions that have been granted. they go all the way across the board from machinery, energy, wide variety of things. we're trying to focus on business sales tax exemptions because, again, i've talked to business leaders. they want simplicity and fairness.

they're willing to give them up if we get lower rates and best rate of all is zero. melissa: they're willing to pay a higher rate. in the end a tax is a tax. you're talking about taxing products they buy, investment they make for their business, maybe or products they're selling. so it does seem like it would be an impediment elsewhere in their business. they think in the end it is a better tradeoff? >> it is a better tradeoff, again we're talking about simplicity and fairness. give up the exemptions, they're no longer paying corporate tax, if you're a small business, you pay through the individual income tax anyway. and then the other attractive feature, it means their employees would no longer being paying individual income tax and that's very important to them in terms of attracting talent to their company and to our state. melissa: one place where i think you might have have a problem you say you want to create jobs in your state but you boast an incredible unemployment rate, 3.7%. i mean, i wasn't even sure that was possible any longer.

it is supposed to create inflation when your unemployment rate is below 4%. you don't want to drive that even lower? actually starts to become dangerous? >> if you go too low i know exactly what you're talking about. but we're talking about keeping more of our sons and daughters here. we're talking about recruiting more people to come to nebraska. we want new nebraskans to come here. that is our challenge and we need to be more tax competitive in order to do that. melissa: real quick, how much support do you have? >> i think we have a lost support. i told citizens, listen to the plan. help make it better if you can but i expect to see a lot of support but not without controversy as you can imagine. melissa: governor, we'll keep our eye on this. so interesting, so many states are doing this feels like reaction to the rising tax climate in washington. keep us posted what happens. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. melissa: turning now to guns, we have been hearing reports of inincreased sales nationwide just as president

obama rolled out new guidelines for gun coal. -- control. gun enthusiasts from coast to coast have their own plan to show support for the industry and second amendment. tomorrow is national gun appreciation day. larry ward is founder of gun appreciation day. what are you encouraging people to do? >> go out to the local gun range, gun store, gun show, bring the family. have a good time. enjoy, enjoy the freedoms that we have with the second amendment. make a statement to the members of the congress and to the president. melissa: if they go out and go to gun ranges and the like what kind of statement do you think that means? do you think people will hear about, or people in washington will hear attendance in gun ranges is higher? if you want a statement have a demonstration or do something louder it worked for chick-fil-a, for the chick-fil-a day. not only country came out and supported chick-fil-a on that particular day, but it gave congress and each

member of congress a headcount to how many people really felt strongly about that issue. we want to have that same type impact. melissa: do you think that the timing is tough? you have the inauguration this weekend. you know, martin luther king holiday on monday. it is just sort of sandwich this in tomorrow seems like tough timing and maybe even a little inappropriate? >> well, to go to your first point, the timing was based on the fact that on the first day of the 113th congress there were nine bills introduced to basically grab our guns. and, dianne feinstein's bill is set to be introduced on the 22nd. joe biden and president obama guaranteed they would pass sweeping gun legislation, you know, before the end of the month. so there wasn't much time to do this. we had to act swift. we had to act strong. we had to make a statement. melissa: talk to me about the actions being taken in washington right now. for example, you know, do you really think that stricter gun control rules in the form of background checks, you know, don't make

sense? what about closing the gun show loophole? you really don't support that in any way? no way that is part of it makes sense? >> there could be a part that makes sense. talk about what that will achieve. how many people commit crimes going guns from the gun show loophole? the numbers are very, very miniscule. the gun show loophole, is not a loophole because there is no law for there to be a loophole. there is --. melissa: what about universal background check, why would you object to that? >> depends what they're checking. currently they're checking for, you know, for crimes, things that you have done. now the president is encouraging that we create a mental health registry and people have to pass a mental health litmus test i'm dead-set against that. melissa: why are you against that? >> i think you i will give a very good reason and i think you understand. our veterans are trusted with weapons, assault, military-style weapons. in the field with their officers, with their fellow soldiers. and they may be there for

four years, eight years, 12 years, 20 years. then they come back home and because they have seen a psychiatrist, they may, they may have ptsd. they come back home and lose their second amendment right. i just think that's wrong. melissa: all right. thanks for coming on. we appreciate your time. >> thank you very much. melissa: got anything? there we go. all right. up next on "money", american hostages are still being held captive in algeria. as the u.s. scrambles to try to free them will more attacks against key energy installations follow. our power panel has the answers. who cares what lance tells oprah. it is now all about the ratings that come with it. can the interview give oprah's struggling own network the steroid injection it so badly needs? more "money" coming up. ♪ . ♪

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♪ . melissa: so it is day three of the terrifying hostage situation in algeria. some hostages have been freed. this is video of them now. we'll show it to you right there. two americans have been flown to london but the apis reporting one american was indeed killed from the

botched rescue attempt. now militants offered to let two americans go in exchange for two convicted islamic terrorists including sheikh abdel rahman, one eyed sheikh in prison for his role in the 1993 world trade center bombing. what happens now? could this type of attack on oil and gas facilities become a new threat in the war on terror. we have the senior naval analyst with the institute for study of war. we have a former state department senior advisor and principle with dc international advisory. oscar carbone, chief analyst with omni trading academy. panel. thanks so much for joining us. chris, let me start with you. the state department says we always won't negotiate with terrorists. is that really how it happens? sometimes i wonder if there is more behind the scenes and that is the face we put forward? >> it's a pleasure to be here with you, melissa. honor to be with this distinguished panel of guests you have today.

the fact of the matter we say publicly which never negotiate with terrorists. in reality there is always some back door channel to get a message to them or a message from them. this guy we're dealing with moktar belmoktar even by terrorist standards a lunatic. he was so unstable kicked out of the al qaeda in the maghreb organization. he started his own terrorist organization. there is no possibility we'll negotiate this guy and no possibility we'll grant the request to release sheikh rahman. those two acknowledged lifelong terrorists no way we're get letting them go. melissa: chris, do you agree with the situation? >> i think so. the blind sheikh, egypt shun islamist president morsi, sought his release. we have tendency to separate political islamists. people running egypt and tunisia.

they want to run libya as well. the tip of the fear, violent islamic jihadist. they share common goals. this is something we're seeing all across africa. melissa: oscar, how does this make you feel about oil installations around the world? of note they picked a oil installation, has shades of benghazi in it. but they decided to go after a key oil installation. algeria, is a major player within opec. they rank ninth in the world in terms of natural gas production. it is clever. they hit where it hurts. >> obviously for the security industry that is going to be a win-win, now you have to increase security around many of these installations. but as a commodities world trade centerer viewing supply and demand i don't think you will get a spike out of oil what happened. oil is seasonal tendency to go higher right now. so we do know it does usually go up between december and february. the oil itself. but i think that that attack, because we did not have a spike in oil and i can give

you a lot of reasons why of course, i think it is showing that if you do attack an oil facility right now, it's not going to give you the results that it would have given you just a few years ago of course would have been a panic spike towards the upside. melissa: that is a great point. chris, let me turn you back you were talking about moktar belmoktar, how he is sort of an outcast from this group. does it enhance his image? is it considered success? >> it enhances his image up until he gets captured or killed. he essentially spent his entire life as a terrorist. as a teenager, maybe 17, 18 years old he took off for afghanistan. that is where he lost his eye by shrapnel from a soviet mortar round reportedly. at that time he moved back to algeria. he joined the islamic revolution in algeria against the algerian state. fought against the algerian state throughout the '90s. then after 9/11, hooked with an al qaeda affiliated movement. part of this attack could be seen as attempt by him to

rehabilitate his image. now he essentially an outcast even from al qaeda in the islamic maghreb. he will not survive this. no way the algerian military will let this guy go. the french have been after him for a decade. they couldn't catch him. no shame in that. this guy is very slippery character. i think his days are numbered about. the action he has taken more or less spells his doom. melissa: christian, do you agree with that? when you looked at way this is shaking out, so hard to tell what is going on here. we gotten reports conflicted with things that turned out to be true. as you see it right now, what do you think? how does it, who is reputation and power is enhanced and whose damaged by this? >> they pulled off a very sim met tick -- successful asim met asymmetric attack. i hope someone kills i am . i'm not sure who will do it. united states is asleep at wheel. not just mali. not just algeria.

look at the broader context. you have islamist insurgency in algeria. they hit us, united states and other diplomat. it is drastically deteriorating operation. we provide a little support what the french are doing in mali and not a whole lot and the president has said next to nothing about this. melissa: oscar, we produced record levels of crude oil last month and last year due in large part to everything that we're doing with shale. does this reinforce the argument for energy independence and more drilling here in the u.s.? >> oh absolutely. you know very interesting, we have the seaway pipeline which has just now increased the to 400 thousand barrels per day that can be shipped right to the refineries. that will be increased by a twin pipeline next year, increasing this to 850,000 barrels a day. we are very rapidly many billioning an oil independent country. it is, happening very quickly. and very exciting for this

country undoubtedly. melissa: guys, thanks so much. another fantastic power panel. you were all wonderful. hope you will come back. >> thank you. melissa: time now for today's fuel gauge report. we just mentioned oil production in the u.s. soared 13.8% in 2012, averaging 6.43 million barrels a day. it is the largest annual increase in u.s. oil production since 1859! that's right. 1859. that is according to the new data from the american petroleum institute. not a moment too soon. ukraine and shell will reportedly sign a major shale gas deal next week. the $10 billion agreement will develop ukraine's vast shale gas reserves, believed to be the third largest in europe. natural gas futures lept to a new six week high. cold weather forecast, falling inventories and expectations for rising demand have sent natural gas higher for six out of the past seven sessions. melissa: next own "money" the ratings for oprah's

lance interview are in. is it a growth hormone for her own struggling network needs. oh my. how much have you spent so far to avoid the flu. was that purell bath i took this morning a huge waste of money i don't know. seems it was worth it. we'll give you a shot of reality coming up. do you ever have too much money? what are you doing?

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number? >> that is a tenfold increase over typically what they get in prime time on that channel. melissa: yes. >> for a channel at a very special time because in january, for the first time, cable systems were paying only like a penny or two a month per household to carry that channel. had to raise the price they paid to 20 cents per home. that is tenfold increase. so she is delivered boffo ratings right as they're paying more for her channel that is food for her. melissa: good for her. also one night. a fantastic number. we would all kill for that. doing the second part tonight on friday? going to get the same? >> there is the big problem. think about this now. i watched it last night on my cable system in brooklyn. channel 682. i never been in the 6 hundreds really on the cable channel. that is problem for her. moreover, you kind of wonder if you're a one-hit wonder where you rise or fall based on whatever guest you have, let's remember, she had on whitney houston's daughter after the singer died. she got 3.5 million more

than she got in this case. you're not building a true franchise. you wonder truly whether it will stick. melissa: right, absolutely. that is what happened last time. all haters came out. 3.5 million with whitney houston's daughter. went back down to what her normal rating was. they said what it showed people could find the channel when she had something good on but they chose not to go there. that's the danger. >> i hate to go glass half empty but, let's remember that her daily talk show for 20 years, she got 6 or 7 million viewers every day for a regular show. she gets 3.2 million when she has the biggest interview in all of journal i'll? only guy we want to hear more from is manti te'o. melissa: that would have been even better. i thought it took a little thunder out what she was doing but maybe not. i'm reading what is the problem? why are people not finding this channel. yeah it is way up there. i don't know. you find it and once you lock in and maybe you're

there and they're going away. people don't feel as connected to her anymore. they don't see her. her q is high. >> bingo. still beloved but not connected the way. they used to watch her every single day. this shows only airs prime time once a week. what the oprah winfrey network needs is more oprah, a lot more oprah than it is getting. i don't know if once you're worth a billion dollars the way she is do you feel like working 60, 70, 80 hours a week on air all the time. yes, we would feel. melissa: i would absolutely. also i think a lot of people were like me last night i thought about it at the moment it was on. hmmm, i could go through the channels to find where it is. it will be all over tomorrow. watch it on internet. >> did one ex-extra bold thing. went to internet same simulcast. few channels were willing to do that they probably had more viewers. only when she get as big boffo scan alized guest.

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♪ . melissa: so you know that the flu rout break is gripping the entire country. cities and states declare health emergencies. more than 200,000 people were hospitalized with the flu every year. believe it or not the flu costs our economy $87 billion. i don't know about you but regardless of all the medicine and remedies and germ sanitizers available it still seems like everyone i know is either out with the flu or they're panicked about getting it. makes me wonder if we need to take a step back, take a deep breath and ask of all the money we're spending is just going down the drain?

with me is dr. sreedhar potarazu. head of vital spring technologies. dr. p, welcome back to the show. >> thank you for having me back. melissa: stop the purell madness. i'm surrounded by it here on the set because we have it all over the building. everyone is sick. everyone is panicked. you hear my voice. everyone we're all sick but we're purelling ourselves to death. is it not working? >> well, do you have a bottle on your desk right now? melissa: it is funny that you should say that because, yes i do. i have one in my purse. and -- >> turn the bottle around and tell me what the percentage of alcohol is in that? >> 70%. >> that one is okay but a lot of them below 60%. melissa: yeah. >> you might as well use toilet water to wash your hands. melissa: come on, that is disgusting. >> no. seriously it is disgusting but it doesn't work. so anything less than 60% of alcohol content doesn't

work. so we end up using these hand sanitizers all the time. if it doesn't really have right alcohol content it doesn't work. melissa: i don't know if i buy this explanation. first of all purell hasn't existed for that long. we're all fanatics about it using. 10 years ago we didn't have purell. now we're spending some insane, $220 million on purell. that is 2017. this year we spent $190 million on purell. >> yes. melissa: $190 million on a product didn't exist before because we're all in a panic. some doctors tell me that purell is part of the problem. that we're weakening our immune system by constantly purelling ourselves to death. we're making it to the point we're not exposed to germ generally. all of sudden we get incubator like fox news and we're all sick. is purell making the problem worse? any chance that is the case? >> well, look, if you try to continually hand wash, are you taking off, you know,

good bacteria versus bad bacteria? i think, you know, evidence will tell you that hand washing and hand sanitize something important. think about it. when i was, operating, and, you know, the amount of time that you scrub your hands has a big impact in terms of reducing the infections that would occur. melissa: i'm not sure you're answering my question. are we making it worse by purelling ourselves to death? >> no. i don't think we're making it worse. i think what is making it worse, traveling on an airplane. that is what is making it worse. do you know how many bacteria they scrubbed off of those trays that you pull down or those pouches? it is thousands. melissa: you will make me barf barf here on the set that is disgusting. we spent $2.4 billion on vaccines this year, was it worth it? the flu vaccine, what is the point? >> that is another issue. the vaccines i think you have got a point there. melissa: thank you. >> when 60% of coverage is

out there, you know you've got to really wonder about the millions of people flocking out there to get the vaccine when there is only 60% coverage. you know, there is, jury still out on that one, i agree a lot of people are still getting sick. when you factor in the r&d goes into developing the vaccine, then how much we're spending on it, you know, business community --. melissa: i'm suspicious just in general i'm deeply suspicious. but on this issue i'm especially deeply suspicious. cough and cold related sales this year, $4.24 billion. at the end of the day someone is getting rich. it is not me. it is the cold industry. we're all still getting sick anyway. i don't know. i don't like it. i don't like the whole thing, dr. p. help me feel better. >> what is the flip side of that? do we not get flu shots? do we stop using hand sanitizers? we got to do something in terms of prevention. melissa: but it is not working. my whole entire office is sick! no one is here. me and i guy with the mask.

we have the same guy answering the door at the front and running cameras. there are four people in the building because everyone is sick. it makes no sense! dr. p, you're a good sport. thank you for letting me vent. >> absolutely. i. melissa: i feel better, have one of the emergencies home yo path thick, whatever it is, costs 10 bucks. >> vitamin c. vitamin c. melissa: here is the "money" question of the day, are you spending more on flu products this year but getting sycamore often, right? fortunately those, many responded no. watching "money" should be on list of precautionary measures. in my book, diary after stage mortgage's daughter, buy it if you get sick. if you get sick. buy the book. someone will make money on flu season, besides, you know, glaxosmithkline. maybe i can make a buck on it. you can lick us on facebook.com/melissafrancisfox or follow me on twitter at melissa.

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melissa: so it is a million catfight over victoria secret model. constance yablonski. she looks like that is her name, right? got slapped with a lawsuit after leaving her modeling agency for a competitor. she makes up to $2 million a year, with to% going to her agency. no wonder they will not let her shrink off the runway, sling off. does she look like a. >> blonsky? you're speechless. >> open disclosure, we have been seeing each other on a regular basis. melissa: nice. well-done. >> see where the future goes. i'm not representing her in this lawsuit because would be a conflict of interest. she makes 1.8 million

dollars a year. melissa: that's not bad. >> for 21 years old. i don't think you got that for "little house on the prairie", back in the day. melissa: no i didn't. thank you for reminding me. >> here is the key. obviously she has a contract which she just extended. everyone on social media and what people need to know, i put on my lawyer hat, all that social media stuff you right or lance armstrong foes on tv talks about it, that is admissible in the court of law. last trial i did one of the main witnesses got destroyed by what he put on his face book page. melissa: really? >> destroyed. thanks to mario romano. so she puts on her facebook page that after my bookers, many i began and dearest marilyn, left the agency this year. so i decided to move on. you know what? in a contract you can't just leave because the person who you want to be with left. unless, you have what is called a key man clause. so, for example i have a contract with the fox news channel. i could ask my, who i

negotiate my contract say if melissa francis leaves the channel, i should be released from my contract and i can leave as well. melissa: don't you have that in there? >> i don't have it yet. that is my next negotiation but if i don't have that in there and you leave and i love melissa and evenly want to be on with melissa it does not violate my contract. what her attorneys are saying they didn't book her as frequently. they didn't get her the gigs they should have gotten her. therefore they failed their end of the contract. that is why they could leave. but she's the one getting sued. there will be a settlement. my preprediction is out of the court. melissa: sure could look at more pictures of her. >> as opposed to looking at me. melissa: this is segment that we look at victoria secret models here. beyond that, there we go. >> hello. happy friday!. melissa: you know, they leave their agents all the time go somewhere else and follow the one agent to the other. this is common thing. >> that is what contracts

are for. that is how lawyers make the money. talking about a decent amount of money. 1.8 million over two years. suing for 2.3 million. one side lawyers. other side lawyers. on friday afternoon they sit around the table, we drop the lawsuit for 2.3. she will give us 750,000. make a nice statement about our agency. melissa: she will be undone by facebook again. you know, young people, especially don't realize this is the public realm. you and your buddies drinking. you in your bathing suit. everybody you work for will look at it. this is a big deal. >> when criminal defendants come into my office, especially people under 25 i say to them, here is my computer. pull up facebook page, what is on there. usually there are a lot of things not too flattering. lesson to the youth of america. melissa: get on your date with constance. >> will be a good night. melissa: we have breaking news on the recent boeing 787 dreamliner problems. let's go to sandra smith who has more on this one. >> hey, melissa.

boeing announced they have halted all delivery of those 787 planes. however they have said that production will continue but all deliveries have been canceled, melissa. melissa: sandra, thank you so much. coming up on "money", beat it celine dion!. britney spears may be heading to the strip. word is there is a bidding war for the pop star which could pay her more than $100 million a year. i will be first in line, seriously. you can never have too much money. ♪ . [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating

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♪ . melissa: so it is time for friday fun with "spare change." we have fox business's own david asman, democratic strategist tara dowdell. thanks for joining us. always fun on a friday. >> can i say something before we get -- the last time i saw tara we shared a ride home. it was the night of katrina. she lives on the lower east side. sandy, excuse me. she lives on the lower east side. why don't you go home first. this thing is overblown. you were the lower east side. you were killed by the storm. >> i got killed. this is nothing. again media overexaggerating. >> always our fault. >> hope the weather is good when we leave here.

melissa: all right. first up. now that we got that out of the way, i'm sure these new pants one up the jeggings. wrangler offering very first moisture rising jeans to prevent your legs from dehydrating, normal dehydrating effect of denim. who doesn't need these? they go for $113 billion u.s. dollars. they come in three finishes. aloe vera, smooth legs. that is disgusting. >> have jeans on. melissa: are they moisture rising? >> no, they are not. when do you need jeans to moisture rise your legs? this is new to me. melissa: i don't know. i see a lot of problems with this. for example, if they're moisture rising and sit on the couch will they get whatever the nastiness all over the furniture? that is my concern. i'm very type-a. my house is immaculate. once you wash them are they gone? >> you can wear them for like 90 use. >> washing them in between?

>> that is what you got to wonder. i smell a i am about i can in. exactly. that i could put jeans on and they will moisture rise my legs? >> what are they? 140 bucks?. melissa: 113. >> these cost me 39 bucks at the gap. melissa: were you paid to do that? >> no but hopefully i get a new pair when i go in next time. melissa: everyone has the flu which you can is for the economy. a huge amount of vermont increase and class a go to susan trends for anyone who is in the the weather. average daily orders for chicken noodle soup up 36%. that makes sense. gary orders up 20%. mobs of all seven corners juice up 15%. what you eat and drink? this is a family program.

i'm glad somebody is benefiting from this. it's been a rough one. >> i'm glad to see someone is making some money. melissa: what is your go-to? >> first to want to know my parents, next my diet. anyway to my take ginger comity. you buy ginger at the store, fresh ginger. you cut it up, put it -- bartlett. it works great. it tastes awful, but you put a lot. melissa: and you get better faster? >> it's an old asian remedy it used to work for me. you have to use fresh ginger. you can't use the power. melissa: if you feel better to you feel better. >> if you want to get a cold, smoke a cigar. melissa: maybe people should wear the moisturizing jeans.

i think we should just shut down the building and fumigate to lysol the whole thing. this led to go to bars for a couple of days. bring everyone back and will be better. melissa: too much to suspect until ready. as part of the reason we're all getting sick. melissa: i tried that earlier in the show. i think that's what the problem is. britney spears. she's so lucky she is a star. three hotels in las vegas vying for her to host a headlining show. but sources say that she could rake in even more than celine dion got for her 3-year gate. supposedly she could get $100 million a year. i don't know. i have to admit, i would go. i went. she was on her circuit tour. they have the pussycat dolls -- >> the what? melissa: the pussycat dolls. on sorry. i feel so out of it.

i don't understand this. i'm sorry. i'm sure you're wonderful guy. for four years she was a headliner in vegas. so he can do for four years to mike douglas britney. gabba she can to. melissa: she doesn't sing anyway. he cares. it's a guess so. it's entertaining. >> this reminds me of when my english teacher told me when i have to be on my paper. life is not fair. melissa: she's going to get $100 million to go to vegas. sets by the pool all day. yet she just sits there. a pickup bar tab. melissa: she doesn't sing. i don't get it.

next one, the world over are hurting in this tough economy. a japanese ad agency has come up with an ingenious idea. they are hiring women to walk around with stickers of advertisements. the girls get paid up to $121 to wear a sticker. we really don't have a picture? it definitely seems like it would draw attention. i guess we don't have a picture. the question is obviously, is it on their verify whether moisturize jeans? >> let's ask david. >> it will sound like it's also commended this, but nobody in the world has now isolates that my wife does. the fact she has such nice legs means i'm not that interested and legs, i -- know if they draw that much attention. melissa: $121 for walking around cells that the great deal for the girls. slapstick wrong there. >> what the women wear now.

this is not a stretch. but that i get to the club. but if you have seen them, i wonder if they're already paying women business people with something going on. melissa: up next, check this out. an amateur goal. went out with his own detector and came back. a hundred and 77 ounces. the funny thing is the place that he was looking at a sign saying the goldfield was dead. all right. to we have an? all right. go to the script them. as we head into the weekend, tom sullivan has something he wants to say about the new york city bus strike.